Park Chung-hee

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Park Chung-hee was a South Korean military general who seized power in a 1961 coup and ruled as an authoritarian president while overseeing rapid industrialization and economic growth until his assassination in 1979.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf South Korean president
dictator
human
military officer
allegiance Imperial Japanese Army
Republic of Korea Army
burialPlace Seoul National Cemetery
cameToPowerBy military coup
causeOfDeath gunshot wound
child Park Geun-hye
Park Geun-ryeong
Park Ji-man
countryOfCitizenship Korea
South Korea
coupDate 1961-05-16
dateOfBirth 1917-11-14
dateOfDeath 1979-10-26
education Daegu Normal School
Korea Military Academy
Manchukuo Imperial Army Academy
endTimeInOffice 1979-10-26
era Cold War
familyName Park
gender male
givenName Chung-hee
implementedPolicy Five-Year Economic Development Plan
Saemaul Undong
Yushin Constitution
export-oriented industrialization
knownFor authoritarian rule
economic development policies
rapid industrialization of South Korea
suppression of political opposition
mannerOfDeath assassination
militaryRank general
name Park Chung-hee
nameInKorean 박정희
linked to: Park Chung-hee
notableEvent declaration of the Yushin Constitution in 1972
normalization treaty with Japan in 1965
numberOfTermsAsPresident 3
participatedIn Korean War
placeOfBirth Gumi
Korea under Japanese rule
North Gyeongsang Province
placeOfDeath Seoul
South Korea
politicalParty Democratic Republican Party
positionHeld Chairman of the Democratic Republican Party
Chairman of the Supreme Council for National Reconstruction
President of South Korea
predecessor Yun Posun
religion Roman Catholicism
signed Treaty on Basic Relations between Japan and the Republic of Korea
spouse Yuk Young-soo
startTimeInOffice 1963-12-17
successor Choi Kyu-hah

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Park Geun-hye father Park Chung-hee
Yun Posun successor Park Chung-hee
Park Chung-hee name Park Chung-hee
Park Chung-hee nameInKorean 박정희
linked to: Park Chung-hee
Park Ji-man father Park Chung-hee
May 16 coup leader Park Chung-hee
May 16 coup organizer Park Chung-hee
May 16 coup relatedTo Park Chung-hee
Seoul National Cemetery hasGraveOf Park Chung-hee
Yuk Young-soo spouse Park Chung-hee
Yuk Young-soo spouse Park Chung-hee, President of South Korea
linked to: Park Chung-hee
Park Geun-ryeong father Park Chung-hee
Park Geun-ryeong relative Park Chung-hee
Park Geun-ryeong notableRelative Park Chung-hee
박근혜 부친 박정희
linked to: Park Chung-hee
John Chang successor Park Chung-hee
Jang Myeon coupLeader Park Chung-hee